Blind Audio Bandwidth Extension: A Diffusion-Based Zero-Shot Approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.01433v2
• Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:40:06 GMT
• Title: Blind Audio Bandwidth Extension: A Diffusion-Based Zero-Shot Approach
• Authors: Eloi Moliner, Filip Elvander, Vesa V\"alim\"aki
• Abstract summary: In cases where the lowpass degradation is unknown, such as in restoring historical audio recordings, this becomes a blind problem. This paper introduces a novel method called BABE that addresses the blind problem in a zero-shot setting. BABE exhibits robust generalization capabilities when enhancing real historical recordings.
• Score: 4.030910640265943
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Audio bandwidth extension involves the realistic reconstruction of high-frequency spectra from bandlimited observations. In cases where the lowpass degradation is unknown, such as in restoring historical audio recordings, this becomes a blind problem. This paper introduces a novel method called BABE (Blind Audio Bandwidth Extension) that addresses the blind problem in a zero-shot setting, leveraging the generative priors of a pre-trained unconditional diffusion model. During the inference process, BABE utilizes a generalized version of diffusion posterior sampling, where the degradation operator is unknown but parametrized and inferred iteratively. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated using objective and subjective metrics, and the results show that BABE surpasses state-of-the-art blind bandwidth extension baselines and achieves competitive performance compared to informed methods when tested with synthetic data. Moreover, BABE exhibits robust generalization capabilities when enhancing real historical recordings, effectively reconstructing the missing high-frequency content while maintaining coherence with the original recording. Subjective preference tests confirm that BABE significantly improves the audio quality of historical music recordings. Examples of historical recordings restored with the proposed method are available on the companion webpage: (http://research.spa.aalto.fi/publications/papers/ieee-taslp-babe/)

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